Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) in YAholics Anonymous!

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Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)

Maggie Stiefvater

Start date: August 1, 2014

Finish date: August 30, 2014

Discussion: Group Read

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Jan 20, 2022 Angela Blount rated it it was ok

Shelves: ya, urban-fantasy

All respect to Maggie Stiefvater--I enjoyed most of The Raven Boys series, and found The Scorpio Races refreshingly unique. If nothing else, I could appreciate this book as evidence of how the author's prose has developed over time.

This was a largely slow-paced urban fantasy YA romance, spiced with a few flares of violence. The fantasy aspect centers around wolf shape-shifters (NOT werewolves, mind you. There is no intermediate stage between human and wolf in this scenario. Yes, I'm particular a ...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Manda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-na

I don't usually read books on wolves because most of the past books have been crap. Shiver isn't in anyway crap, it't far from it. I liked the different take on wolves and the beautiful writing. I did get bored halfway through the book which is why I gave it four stars instead of five. The book has a lot of chapters which vary in different sizes. I think maybe the book could have done without a few chapters.
I found the book quite sad, and at times too sad to read. It was the wolves changing and ...more

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Oct 31, 2011 Faith Flores rated it it was amazing

Shelves: series

Ok so i did take is book but I really didn't want to read it but a friend did recommend me this book so i deiced to look into it and well its very different.
I don't really have much words on this book as the other's but maybe I will more into this mouth but we shall see
I am still very new to this arthur a but so far this book does seem interesting. ...more

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